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It was about time - and worth the wait

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well it took just short of forever for the sequel to the first blockbuster hack and slash but it forgive the wait. I have read the other reviews and with exception to one - the rest were crybabies. Wipe the tears - you still played the game all the way through and probably more than once. To be completely honest this game was just as fun and the first one and possibly more because of the new characters. Yes to beat it the first time will only burn up 9 or so hours, but the story was good and the graphics were very good. Maybe not as good as everyone expected but above average. People expected alot out of this game and I think it met most expectations. Remember people the more versatile and deep a game gets the shorter it is. Still there are 4 different difficulty levels to play on although you will probably only play hard or normal then you will play extreme. I haven't beat extreme yet but the game was very intense. A very good RPG. If you are expecting to burn 24 or so hours and never see anything new this won't make you happy. But if you like the first and would have bought that one again go ahead you won't be sorry. There were 4 different acts to beat and I thought the story line was very well done. There should be another as they left the door wide open just like the first one. If the next was the same as these two were I would still buy it and smile all the way to my XBox in anticipation. Don't set the bar too high you guys or no one will make you happy - after all it is just a game. Got to get back to the blood and gore - got a vamp to slay -

Not much new...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: January 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'd like to say that this was a good game, but it's hard to do.

First of all, I use component cables for my TV/Xbox and ran into tiles that didn't quite meet on a lot of levels. With how well the first game was put together, this came as a shock. The game was also disturbingly easy even on the Hard setting. It only took me 9 hours to beat on Hard without using any of the loopholes that are in the game.

The other disappointments would have to be story itself. Where you actually had some movement in the fist game, this game is stuck in one place and when I hit the 7 hour mark in the game I had thought I was only about a 1/3 of the way through. My bad!

Also, they recycled almost all of the textures from the other game. As another review on a different website said, the water effects that were so stunning in the first game now look old and dated.

I guess I just expected a little more from a company that put out Knights of the Old Republic and the BG computer series and the original DA.

Awesome RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: November 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Dark alliance 2 is one awesome RPG. You pick one of five heros and you go through the game getting the guy you chose to go up levels. Anyway it is like the first darkalliance but it's co-op is way better, not to mention the fact that the Graphics are outstanding for a game like this. the trees look real and the grass hills every this is awesome as far as graphics go. The one thing that is way awesome about this game is you can smelt your weapons and break them down in to get runestones and stuff so its awesome like you can get a sword that does fire and Ice, or poison and lightnig you get the pic.

So I give this game 5 out of 5 stars.

Awesome cooperative game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an ok game. The co-op mode is great but only for two people. Its a great alternative to guantlet legends but still only for two players. The game is also really dark and so are the charactes so you have a hard time seeing them. The thing i dislike the most is the lack of classes and character customization and specialization the the other games had. But overall, the gameplay is fun and sometimes challenging.

What a Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! It takes a long time to completely beat the game, since theirs 5 characters to choose from. It has great graphics, great plotline, and it's not the same game as the prequel with a new plot. It lets you really explore and have fun, and you don't need to do all the quests, only the main story. The first one your character was level 12-14 when you beat for the first time, but i was at level 21 when i beat it for the first time. I like all the new feats and skills, and really enjoyed the different classes and theyre special abilities. You also get new abilities unlocked when you complete your characters personal quests. You can also use Drizzt after beating it, earlier if you use codes (gamewinners.com is great) and theres a new one too, Artemis. You also get to male your own magic Weapons and rings/ amulets

The only cons are the ending, it ends really quick. They left the ending hanging though, so they better make a third one.

The creators did a great job making it realistic. If people are badmouthing it, it may be because they either are tring to cover up how bad they are at the game, or are just tring to draw attention or just to be a rebel

Save your money for something good !!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: March 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Two observations that are outside of the game. First, do not trust anyone who only writes reviews with 5 star ratings. These people are either idiots or work for the company. Second, do not trust anyone who reviews a product before they have seen or played the product all the way through. Again, such people are either idiots or work for the company.

Now, onto, Dark Alliance. I have played the original Baldur's Gate on the p.c. and have played the first video game version of Baldur's Gate on both the Playstation and the X-box. All of these games I found very enjoyable and would give them between 3-4 stars.

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance deserves one star. While the graphics are good, they are not as good as the first game and the makers have an annoying habit of making you fight in the dark to (1) make gameplay more difficult (pretty hard to fight when you can't see) and (2) to mask the fact that the graphics are mostly reused from the first game.

Little effort went into originality on this game. The story is incredibly week. You play an entirely different character from the first game. Your character has some secret or mystery that must be completed that differentiates him or her from the other characters. Once you find out your secret or solve your mystery you will be disappointed because of the anticlimactic reaction of your character and your inability to use the information you gained.

Not all monsters (including bosses) give good or any treasures.

All monsters are incredibly easy to beat (you only need to press one button over and over again to beat 90% of the monsters) with one exception. Toward the end of the game you will need to reach the two baddest bad guys. Right before you meet them you ascend a stair case directly into a room filled with monsters who kill you immediately. This part of the game was insanely difficult unless you have stealth.

Overall, a disappointing game with few, if any, highlights. Save your money for a worthy game such as Legacy of Cain III.

great! absolutly great! loved the action!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I loved B gate2. the action is awsome and the characters are extrordinary. I enjoy playing it even after I have betten it. Though I used a cheat code from time to time, I still love it! the characters are each skilled in different things. now in the second game, there are five charaqcters to choose from and, more locked characters to open.

Big disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm a die hard PC RPG fan. Perhaps that's the source of my disappointment. I bought an XBOX while deployed to Iraq and got star wars KOTOR (Most awsome game) and Dark Alliance 2. I've played Baldur's gate. This is not Baldur's gate. This is Diablo 3. BG is turn based combat from an angle down view. This thing's camera angle is like running around and staring at your feet and trying to find your way around. I havn't gotten to far into it yet. I will try to give it another shot if I can keep away from KOTOR long enough. Perhaps I can learn to like it if I don't try to compare it to Baldur's gate. I hate it when someone takes liberities with a well known title just to make money and destroys it. That's like putting up a taco bell but not serving any Tex/Mex food only tofu! I didn't like Diablo and I don't like this pseudo Baldur's Gate!

Dim Alliance

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of the Baldur's Gate games for the PC. They were robust games with engaging stories. Dark Alliance II is not a Baldur's gate game. This game is purely hack and slash. The story is boring, the graphics tedious and the gaming experience a complete disappointment. I can't believe I paid as much for this mess as I did for Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. KOTOR is everything that Dark Alliance should have been.

My recommendation - skip Dark Alliance II.

Great 360 compatible game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is just plain fun if you like the top-down or "isometric" hack and slash type of carnage. I never really paid much attention to the story-line... I'm sure it's just dandy.
What I REALLY wanted to say is don't pay 65 smackers to the sellers here- I bought it for 30 at Wally-world today.... and they had 3-4 more. Now that it's been announced as 360 compatible it's gonna be in demand, but hopefully the publisher will burn some more. Don't get ripped off. It's a great, fun game with excellent cooperative multiplayer (!!!!!) but it's not 65 bucks great.

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